Right Reverend Gilbert White Gilbert White (9 June 1859 – 1 April 1933) was an Anglican bishop who served two Australian dioceses for 25 years.
Early life
Gilbert White was born on 9 June 1859 at Rondebosch , South Africa, the son of Francis Gilbert White, clergyman, and his wife Lucy (née Gilderdale).[ 1] the naturalist .[ 1]
White was educated at Fettes College and Oriel College, Oxford .[ 2]
Religious life
Ordained in 1883, after a curacy at Helston [ 3] Australia where he became Rector of Charters Towers and then Herberton , both in Queensland .[ 1] Archdeacon of North Queensland .[ 4] episcopate in 1900 as the inaugural Bishop of Carpentaria .[ 5] Bishop's College .[ 6] translated to head up the new Willochra Diocese in South Australia .
Later life
White retired in 1925. In the same year, he was the Australian representative at the World Conference of Life and Work , an ecumenical conference held in Stockholm .[ 1]
References
^ a b c d Teale, Ruth. White, Gilbert (1859–1933) ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black , 1991 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7 ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) . London: The Field Press. p. 1651.^ The Times , Saturday, 25 August 1900; pg. 4; Issue 36230; col C Archdeacon White elected first Bishop of Carpentaria ^ "THE BISHOP OF CARPENTARIA;" . The Brisbane Courier . Retrieved 4 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
Further reading
Wand, J. W. C. (John William Charles) (1949), White of Carpentaria , retrieved 23 January 2016
External links
Gilbert White (bishop) at Wikimedia Commons
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